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GENERAL GUIDE TO MATERIALS

Work bases and size

The easiest way to create products is to use templates for customizable products. Making prints is easy and free. You can get the right resolutions and cutting allowances for finished products by following the instructions in the work template.

If you want to make the printed material yourself, you can download the work templates in pdf format for each product to be edited under the Download button at the bottom of the page. However, you can get there easier by using the product creation tool.

If you make the material yourself, make the materials 1:1, i.e. 100% to size. If the size of the program's work base is not enough - e.g. banners over 5 meters wide - make the work 1:10 in size.

Cutting resources

In addition to cutting resources, sewing resources are usually needed in fabric products. For many materials - for example, banners - it is good to make a 50 mm cutting margin, but if you are working on a large material, make sure first what the right cutting margin is for the product you are making.

Image color definitions and resolutions

Images can be in cmyk or rgb format. Our default profiles are Fogra Coated 39 for cmyk images and sRGB for rgb images. For reactive color prints use the AdobeRGB profile. Define the exact colors as Pantone colors, e.g. from the Solid coated or Home+interiors map. If there are many Pantone colors that can be specified separately, there may be additional costs for color conversion. For reactive prints, it makes more sense to get a color map and determine the colors from there.
Resolutions 1:1 in size:
- products to be viewed closely min. 150-200 dpi (1:10 size 1500-2000 dpi),
- images viewed from more than two meters away min. 50 dpi (1:10 size 500 dpi).
- single-bit (bitmap and index images) preferably min. 600 dpi.

If you use the product creation tool, it considers vector elements as vectors and automatically informs you if the resolution of the raster images is not sufficient.

Data storage format

If you want to make the material yourself and use our pdf templates, make sure when saving that the levels of the pdf are preserved.

Save the work as a printable pdf file with fonts included. Cut marks are not necessary, but they don't hurt either. It is recommended to submit works made entirely with Photoshop in psd format. Don't send a psd file with layers, just flatten the image to what it should look like.

Sending material

Please send small files with email and large files through Wetransfer. Links below:

Plese note for Wertransfer:

NOTE about wetransfer:

- the service will send you a confirmation code to your email before downloading

- the e-mail may take a while to arrive and also check that it has not gone to spam
- with a memory stick as letter mail

- we do not recommend using ftp or afp transfer.

More information about materials:

Anne Kärpänniemi +358 207 569086 anne.karpanniemi@printscorpio.fi
Elina Penttilä +358 207 569080 elina.penttila@printscorpio.fi

Emil Pettersson emil.pettersson@printscorpio.fi +358 207 569080
Tommi Helminen +358 207 569087 tommi.helminen@printscorpio.fi

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